Time To Ride: Vin Diesel Thinks That 'Fast 8' Could Win Oscars

To avoid fainting, keep repeating 'It's only a movie...It's only a movie...'

''It don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile. Winning's winning.'' — Dom Toretto

Vin Diesel has the high hopes of a diehard street racer when it comes to Fast 8's award-winning potential. He's particularly invested in director F. Gary Gray, who Diesel feels lost out on Oscar recognition for his rap biopic Straight Outta Compton. Opening up to ET, Diesel said of Gary Gray:

"I think he went into making this movie with a little bit of a chip on his shoulder, going 'Oh, really? OK. Now I'm going to take the biggest saga in the world, and I'm about to throw Oscars at you. Wait till you see what he does!"

Fast 8 will have a hard act to follow after the intensely emotional climax of Furious 7.